It's sure nice to see another block!
I think most of us are busy with other things over the summer. I started on several more like I posted above, and plan on mixing them in with the machine applique ones. It's funny how at the start - one a week seemed very doable - until I figured out that the hand applique was taking me about 10 hours per block.
At this point, I plan on just finishing up enough of the black hand applique ones to make a wall hanging. While I don't mind needle turn, I really don't like it enough to get all 36 blocks done.